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NCDA Executive Committee November 10, 2000 Page 4 of 4 . constructed as part of the commuter rail station project. Any links outside the commuter rail station site will be the responsibility of the City. 12) The Federal Railroad Authority regulates these issues and the Northstar Corridor Project is committed to meeting these requirements. If the City of Fridley is successful in minimizing or eliminating whistle blowing within the City limits, the Northstar Corridor Project will abide by these restrictions approved by the Federal Railroad Authority. 13) The Northstar Corridor Project will provide the necessary identified required measures to mitigate station noise. 14) The Northstar Corridor Project, as part of the preliminary engineering program, will prepare a technical memorandum on the recommended siting of the Central Control Facility. 15) MnDOT is working on an overall commuter rail operation and maintenance plan. Operation and maintenance of the Fridley commuter rail station will comply with the plan. 16) Anoka County will review the existing funding agreement for the 6151 A venue/East River Road traffic signal and will follow standard County policies for funding of signal operations costs. Minneapolis . The Northstar Corridor Project will review the station design plans with the cities at the completion of preliminary engineering and will work with the cities to achieve consistency with city zoning ordinances and development standards. Further, the Northstar Corridor Project acknowledges that the downtown station site has extensive adjacent development issues that need to be resolved by several other agencies. The Northstar Corridor Project will work to coordinate the issues related to the commuter rail station that will provide maximum flexibility as deemed technically feasible and cost effective to the Northstar Corridor project. Specifically, the Northstar Corridor Project team knows the issues identified in the resolution and every attempt will be made to incorporate into the preliminary engineering plans. However, it should be noted that the station design may be completed ahead of various other studies on this site area and could be subject to significant revision if a redevelopment opportunity comes to this site. The Northstar Corridor Project is working with the City of Minneapolis regarding the potential northeast station site at 7th Street. This station site will address issues of connections to the bus system, connection to future Red Rock commuter rail system, and land use. The Northstar Corridor Project encourages Metro Transit to pursue adequate bus system connections in this portion of the City of Minneapolis. Bus routing decisions are, however, the responsibility of Metro Transit. .